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Kansas City veterans take a flight of a lifetime

Watch as our Greatest Generation is celebrated with a trip of a lifetime to be honored in Washington DC.

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Updated: 5:37 PM CDT Oct 6, 2015

Kansas City veterans take a flight of a lifetime

Watch as our Greatest Generation is celebrated with a trip of a lifetime to be honored in Washington DC.

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Updated: 5:37 PM CDT Oct 6, 2015

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WEBVTT K ELLY: RIGHT NOW, VETERANS ARE ON THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME. LARA: AND MATT EVANS WAS LONG FOR THE TRIP. MATT: THIS IS THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME -- A WHIRLWIND OF THE DAY. WE LEFT KANSAS CITY THIS MORNING JUST AFTER 6:00. THAT IS, WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME. THESE TIRED BUT HONORED VETERANS ARE GETTING READY TO GET BACK TO KANSAS CITY, BUT THE DAY BEGAN AT REAGAN NATIONAL EARLIER THIS MORNING. [APPLAUSE] MATT: THESE VETERANS IN THE HEARTLAND HONOR FLIGHT WERE WELCOMED TO STANDING OVATION. OH, MY GOD. IT IS AMAZING. IT IS WONDERFUL. MATT: COMPLETE STRANGERS THANKS THESE VETERANS FOR THEIR SERVICE. A POLICE ESCORT MADE NAVIGATING THE NIGHTMARISH D.C. TRAFFIC A DREAM. THE FIRST STOP? THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL. MOST OF THE VETERANS FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II, PART OF THE GREATEST GENERATION, ONE WE ARE LOSING BY THE DAY. THINKING WHAT EACH STAR REPRESENTS, THAT SOME GUY GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THIS. TO ME IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL. MATT: SEEING THIS WALL REMINDS THEM OF THE PRICE OF FREEDOM THAT SO MANY OF THEIR COUNTRYMEN PAID, EACH OF THE 4048 STARS REPRESENTS 100 AMERICAN MILITARY DEATHS IN WORLD WAR II. I REALIZE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DIED. I AM GRATEFUL. MATT: THANK YOU IS A WORD SO MANY VETERANS REPEATED SO MANY TIMES TODAY, ANOTHER GREAT ARE WE SAW WERE PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE COMING UP, SAYING THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING PARTS. WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THIS TRIP AT 6:00. RIGHT NOW WE ARE GETTING READY TO HEAD BACK TO KANSAS CITY. THIS CREW WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BACK AROUND 9:45, AND THERE WILL BE A BIG CONTINGENT OF KANSAS CITY AND'S WAITING --

Kansas City veterans take a flight of a lifetime

Watch as our Greatest Generation is celebrated with a trip of a lifetime to be honored in Washington DC.